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.TH EXIT_GROUP 2 2008-11-27 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
exit_group \- exit all threads in a process
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <linux/unistd.h>
.sp
.BI "void exit_group(int " status );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
This system call is equivalent to
.BR _exit (2)
except that it terminates not only the calling thread, but all threads
in the calling process's thread group.
.SH RETURN VALUE
This system call does not return.
.SH VERSIONS
This call is present since Linux 2.5.35.
.SH CONFORMING TO
This call is Linux-specific.
.SH NOTES
Since glibc 2.3, this is the system call invoked when the
.BR _exit (2)
wrapper function is called.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR exit (2)
